The adolescent family life program: a multisite evaluation of federally funded projects serving pregnant and parenting adolescents.

Autor: Kan ML; Risk Behavior and Family Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. mkan@rti.org, Ashley OS, LeTourneau KL, Williams JC, Jones SB, Hampton J, Scott AR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2012 Oct; Vol. 102 (10), pp. 1872-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Aug 16.
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300836
Abstrakt: Objectives: We evaluated the effectiveness of care demonstration projects supported by the Title XX Adolescent Family Life (AFL) program, which serves pregnant and parenting adolescents in an effort to mitigate the risks associated with adolescent childbearing.
Methods: This cross-site evaluation involved 12 projects and 1038 adolescents who received either enhanced services funded by the AFL program or usual care. We examined the effects of enhanced services on health, educational, and child care outcomes approximately 6 months to 2 years after intake and explored moderation of program effects by time since intake and project characteristics associated with outcomes.
Results: The odds of using long-acting reversible contraception (odds ratio [OR] = 1.58) and receiving regular child care (OR = 1.50) in the past month were higher in the intervention group than in the comparison group. Odds of a repeat pregnancy were lower (OR = 0.39) among intervention group adolescents than among comparison group adolescents within 12 months of intake. Several project characteristics were associated with adolescent health outcomes.
Conclusions: These projects show promise in improving effective contraceptive use, increasing routine child care, and yielding short-term decreases in repeat pregnancy.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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